Why Are Viral Capsids Icosahedral?

Viral capsid structure is a geometric packing problem under genetic constraints.

What happens in a world where AIs make scientific discoveries that humans cannot understand?

Bioarchaeologists recently identified a murdered medieval royal, and are now working to shed light on other ancient deaths.

How a twisted triangle of glass tubing helped democratize chemistry and build the modern laboratory.

A critique of a snippet from Dario Amodei and Dwarkesh Patel’s recent interview.

How to “read” nucleic acids, from Sanger to nanopores.